Can you confirm the course/examination is accredited?

Yes. We are pleased to say that our course and all of its materials have been fully accredited by BCS

Do I have to buy my own course materials?

After payment has been made PRINCE2 Training will supply, your own courseware folder, refreshments, official examination and official certificate(s). We do recommend you purchase in advance of the course Business Analysis book (Business Analysis Second Edition) edited by Debra Paul, Donald Yeates and James Cardle

How much are the exams?

PRINCE2 Training are happy to say that your Business Analysis Practice examinations are included in the overall course cost. All subsequent exam re-takes are subject to an additional fee

Do I need to study before attending the course?

Yes, we advise you study the Business Analysis book (Business Analysis Second Edition) edited by Debra Paul, Donald Yeates and James Cardle which you will need to purchase in adavnce

When do I get confirmation of the course that I booked?

As soon as payment has been made and received may it be over the phone or via our online booking system, an email will be despatched detailing the course location, pre-course work, course agenda and payment receipt. Please keep this email for your own records

I've had homework on other training courses but is there homework for this course?

There will be work that requires completion each evening and will be set by the instructor at the end of each day.

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Business Analysis Training

To BOOK please choose the COURSE DATES tab on the left to book your BCS Business Analysis course

Business Analysis Practice Training (including examination)

The course prepares participants to sit the one-hour, open book, examination leading to the certificate in Business Analysis Essentials offered. This certificate is a core module for the BCS Business Analysis Diploma and is a specialist module in the BCS Systems Development Diploma.

Day One:

Rationale

The role of the Business Analyst, a lifecycle for business change, purpose of analysing and modelling business systems.

A comparison of the business analyst and systems analyst roles.

Overview of business analysis approach.

Strategic Analysis in Context.

Identifying the business domain.

Internal environment analysis.

External environment analysis.

SWOT analysis.

Critical Success Factors and Key Performance Indicators.

The Balanced Business Scorecard.

Overview of areas of strategy including IS strategy

Day Two:

Project Discipline for Business Analysis Studies.

Terms of reference/project initiation business and project objectives.

Deliverables from business analysis studies.

Understanding the Situation and Issues

Stakeholder analysis.

Overview of investigative techniques.

Representation of the business situation.

Business perspectives

Identifying different perspectives.

Defining business perspectives

Identifying and resolving conflicts

Day Three:

Analysing and modelling business activities.

The conceptual business activity model.

The link between the business activity model and the business perspective.

Identifying activities and Identifying dependencies.

Building a business activity model.

Business events/activity triggers,

Business rules/constraints.

Identifying potential solutions.

Defining a new business model (the processes, people and organisation)

Identifying IS/IT requirements to support the new business model

Making the business case

Structure of a business case

Identifying options for business change

Identifying costs and benefits

Identifying impacts

Identifying risks

Principles of risk analysis and management

Presenting a business case

Accepting the business case

Testing the system for user acceptance

Managing the implementation of change

Realising the business benefits

BCS Business Analysis Practice Exam

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Includes the following:-

BCS Business Analysis Training courseware

Pre-course material provided before attendance

Business Analysis Practice exams

Official BCS certificate

Instructors with unrivalled level of experience

Refreshments

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